March 2010

A sparkler is haunting China: Karl Marx wine in Beijing

March 12, 2010 // 2 Comments

A sparkler is haunting China You’d think a wine named “Karl Marx” would be a red, but not so with this one I found haunting the shelves of Jinkelong supermarket [...]

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